Ash receiver



April 14, 1925. 1,533,682

W. J. WOYWOT ASH RECEIVER E q'led Juge 13. 1924 Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,533,682 PATENTl OFFICE.

WALTER J.- WOYWOT, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SSIGNOB 0E ONE-HALF TO HUGO p ZACZECK, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ASH RECEIVER.

Application led June 13, 1924. Serial No. 719,793.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER J. WoYwo'r,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Iniprovement in Ash Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, more particularly, to ash receivers for use by smokers; and my primary object is to provide a novel, simple and inexpensive construction of such device which, while being capable of ready conditioning for receiving. ashes and discarded cigars and cigarettes, will operate to revent the esclpe from the receptacle, o odors given o by the contents of the receiver, including smoke from burning cigars and cigarettes. A further object, and this in furtherance of the main object above referred to, is to provide such a construction, having a movable closure for the inlet of the receptacle, which shall be substantially air tight when closed, be readily conditioned to receive ashes and discarded cigar and cigarettes, and which, under continued use and consequent wear of the parts, will remain air tight.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:-

Figure l is a perspective view of an ash receiver construction in accordance with my invention; Figure 2 is a section taken at the line 2 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow; Figure 3 is a section taken at the line 3 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrow; and Figure 4 an enlarged broken sectional view of a detail of the desemicircular form in cross section and containing at its upper side an yinlet 8 surrounded by a trough-like member 9 into which the ashes and discarded cigars and cigarettes are deposited for discharge into thereceptacle. The bottom plate 6 is preferably ormed with the upwardly offset portion 6a contaming an opening 10 and forming a depending, continuons, flange 1l, with which the lower end of the hollow section 7, telescopes as shown, the lower edge of the flange 11 being formed with an outwardly extending rim portion 12 which extends laterally beyond the sides of the section 7, as represented in the drawings. The opening 10, through which the ashes and discarded cigars and cigirettes, are discharged from the receptac e, like closure 13 shown as hinged at one edge thereof, as represented at 15, to the plate member 6 and releasably held in lace, to close the opening 10, by a catch evice 14 engaging the opposite edge of the closure.

The device also comprises a closure device for the inlet 8 which is movable intol and out of closed position, at the will of the operator. This device, according to the particular illustrated embodiment of the invention, comprisesa shaft 16 which is located in the receptacle and extends lengthwise thereof, its ends being journaled in bearings 17, confined in openings 18 in the.

end walls' of the receptacle. carries radially extending arms 19 rigid therewith, to which a cross bar 20 is connected at points between the ends of said arms, these arms and cross bar in effect forming a yoke. The device also comprises a member 21 of general, inverted, trough shape which extends between the outer ends of the arms 19 and embraces, between its The shaft 16 -side walls 22, the cross bar 20 the upper,

plate portion, 23 of the member 21 and which is of a width greater than that of the inlet 8, being curved, with its arc of curvature substantially the same as that described by the curved portion of the receptacle which it opposes. The member 21 is caused to be forced in a direction radially of the shaft 16 and into close engagement with the inner curved surface of the receptacle, adjacent the inlet 8, the particular 100 means shown for this purpose comprising aset of four coil springs 24. confined between the cross bar 20 and the plate member 28, the lower ends of these springs being shown as surrounding lugs 25 extending up- 105 wardly from the cross bar 20 and formed, as for example by detlecting upwardly'the metal of this bar.

rlhe shaft 16 is shown as equipped at its outer end, with a lever 26 rigid thereon and 110 l is provided with a removable platev nol provided with a finger-rest 27 this lever extending through a slot 28 formed by the adjacent end wall of the receptacle and the one end of a coil spring 32, the other end of which is connected with the wall of the receptacle as shown, this spring operating `-to rotate the shaft 16,l and the parts carried thereby, in counterclockwise direction in Fi 2 and serving, when the closure device or the inlet 8 is swung, by rotating the shaft 16, in clockwise direction in Fig. 2 to a position in which the inlet 8 is open, t0 return this closure device to closed position as shown in '2, the lever, 26 extending from the shaft 16 in such angular position relative to the closure device that when this lever engages the upper end wall of the recess 29, which formsv a sto for the lever, the closure device will be in t e closed position represented in the drawings.

It will e readily understood from the foregoing that in the normal position of the parts, the inlet 8 is closedr and when it is desired to discharge the contents' of the trough 9 into the receptacle proper, the operator presses down on the outer end of the lever 26 thereby swinging the closure device in clockwise direction in Eig'. 2 and against the resistance of the spring 32, to a position in which the inlet 8 is open, the contents of the trough thereupon dropping into the receptacle. As soon as the o erator releases pressure on the lever `26 t e closure device automatically returns to closed position. In order that cigars and cigarettes deposited in the trough 9 shall not interfere with the operation of the closure device, it is preferred that the side wall of the member 23, atthe left hand side of Fig. 2, be extended downwardly to. a

point closely adjacent the shaft 16 as represented in this figure.

Inasmuch as that portion of the closure device described which bears against the inner curved surface of the receptacle adjacent the inlet 8, is constantly forced radially outwardly against this surface, the joint between the member 23 and the Wall of the inlet 8 is rendered practically air tight, thereby preventing the escape of odors from the contents of the receptacle including the smoke from 'discarded burning cigars and. cigarettes which latter soon becomes extinguished for lack of oxygen, it being noted that by reason of the construction of the closure device as stated continued. op.- eration of the closure device will enhance the tightness of thev joint, due to the pressure exerted by the member 23 against the wall of the receptacle which opposes it which has the effect of grinding these parts to a.

j against the other.

substantially perfect seating of the one It will `further be observed that the device is very simple of construction and is not liable to become out of order.

While I have illustrated and described a particular construction embodymg my in vention, l do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it thereto, as the same may be variously modified and altered without departing from thespirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A receptacle for the purpose set forth,

fcomprising a casing containing an inlet, and

means closing said inlet comprising a closure-element supported to be movable into and out of a position for closing said inlet, and means yieldingly ,forcing said closureelement into sliding engagement with the portion of the wall of said casing containing said inlet.

2. A receptacle for the purpose set forth, comprising a casing having a curved wall containing an inlet, and means closing said inlet comprising a curved closure-element supported to be movable in a curved path into and out o f a position for closing said inlet, and means yieldingly forcing said closure-element into sliding engagement with said curved portion of the wall of said casing.

3. A receptacle for the purpose set forth, comprising a casing. having a curved wall containing an inlet,'aud means closing said inletcomprising a curved closure-element pivota-lly supported to be movable in a' curved4 path into and out of a position .for closing said inlet, and means yieldingly forcing said closure-element into slidin engagement with said curved portion o the wall of'said casing.

4. A receptacle for the purpose Set forth, comprising a casing containing an inlet, and means closing said inlet comprising a closure-element formed of sections located in said casing, said sections being supportedto be moved into and out of a position in which said inlet is closed, one of said sections being movable relative to the other thereof toward the portion of the wall of said casing containing said inlet, and means, interposed between said sections, operating to yieldingly force said last-referred-to section into engagement with the last-referredto portion of said wall.

5. A receptacle for the purpose set forth,

ing, plate-member confined on said firstnamed member to be movable radially of said shaft and against that portion of said wall which contains said inlet, and means interposed between said members operating to force said curved plate-member into engagement with said wall.

6. A receptacle for the purpose set forth, comprising a casing` containing an inlet, and means closing said inlet comprising a movably supported yoke-member with its endarms extending outwardly beyond its crossmember, a closure-section located in the space between said arms and movable on saidyoke-member, and means engaging said cross-member and said closure-section operating to Iforce said closure-section against that portion of the wall of said receptacle in which said inlet is located.

7 A receptacle for the purpose set forth, comprising a casing having a curved wall containing an inlet, and meansclosing said inlet comprising a shaft journaled in said casing, a yoke member on saidl shaft andextending radially thereof with its end arms extending outwardly beyond its cross-mem-` ber and closely adjacent the curved Wall of said casing, a closure-section located in the space between said arms and movable on said yoke-member in a direction radially of said shaft, and means engaging said crossmember and said closure-section operating to force said closure-section against that ortion of the wall of said receptacle in w ich said inlet is located.

8. A receptacle for the purpose set forth, comprising a casing having a portion containing an inlet, a closure means for said inlet comprising a closuresportion supported to be moved into and out of inlet-closing position, said portions being relatively movable, and means yieldingly forcing said portions together to form a tight closure.

WALTER J. NOYWOT. 

